Advertising cuff



Dec. 15, 1931. A. G. DAVIS ADVERTISING CUFF Filed 1m.v 4, 1950 M 5 Y mmM Tu R 0 m n m 0 lllllillll WITNESSES Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITEDSTATES ALBERT GARFIELD DAVIS, 01? NEWTON OE NEV IN S-CHURCH PRESS, OFNEW YOR N TER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE K, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFNEW YOBCK ADVERTISING CUFF Application filed December 4, 1930. SerialNo. 500,108.

This invention relates to an improved cufi' or sleeve protector to beused on the arms for protecting the sleeves or the arms, the ob jectbeing to provide an improved, simplified structure which may be readilyapplied and readily removed;

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cuff which maybe readily adjusted to different sized arms;

A further object is to provide a simple, strong and effective cufiformed of paper or other comparatively stiff material, cut to provide atongue and a plurality of coacting slots whereby the cuff bottom may befolded and disengageably secured together;

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong,effective and which lends itself readily as an advertising medium byreason of its shape and the exposed surface which may be seen when thearticle is in use.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of an armwith a cuff embodying the invention shown applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the cuff disclosing theinvention, a section through the cuff being indicated by the line 2-2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan of the cuff blank shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the body of the cuffwhich is provided with curved upper and lower edges 2 and 3 which causethe cuff to conform to the shape of the wrist and arm and to present apleasing appearance. The edge 4 is provided with a pressed-out portion 5which is preferably positioned centrally of the blank, as shown inFigure 3, and normally facing towards the center of the blank. The end5' is provided with curved slots, or rather curved slits, 7 and 8, saidslits being parallel and of a size to receive the tongue 5 at dififerent times. This arrangement is to permit adjustment to the effectivesize of the cuff, or rather, the effective diameter thereof when in use.

It will be noted that the side edges of the ends 4 and 6 are slightlyrounded but are positioned so as to indicate a taper at the respectiveends of the blank. The position of the tongue 5 and the slits 7 and 8 isinclined from a line drawn either transversely or horizontally throughthe blank.

This arrangement causes the edge 3 to present a smaller diameter thanthe edge 2 when the cuff is in assembled position, as shown in Figure 1.

While the cuff may be used for any desired purpose in any desired mannerin protecting sleeves, arms and the like, another important feature isthe provision of the spaces 9 and 10, 11 and 12, which are so located asto provide compartments or sections adapted to receive advertisingmatter and ornamental members for setting off the advertising matter andemphasizing the same. When in use the section 9 and a large part of theremaining sections are exposed to view so that the article would presenta pleasing appearance and one wherein the advertising features areprominently brought to view.

I claim- 1. A cuff comprising a body having generally parallel sideedges and end edges positioned on converging lines, said body having atongue pressed therefrom at one end extending inwardly, the longitudinalaxis of the tongue being substantially parallel with the end edge of thebody near which it is positioned and the transverse axis being on acentral line drawn through the blank, a plurality of parallel slits atthe opposite end positioned midwa between the side edges of the body,said slits being substantially parallel with the edge adjacent whichthey are positioned whereby when said tongue is positioned in either ofsaid slits the body will present a substantially cone shaped tubularmember.

2. A cufi body of flexible material adapted to be rolled into asubstantially frusto-cone, said body having a group of slits adjacentone end, each of said slits being substantially parallel to said end andmidway between the side edges of the body, a tongue at the opposite endof the body extending inwardly, said tongue being spaced inwardly fromsaid opposite end and being positioned to fit into any of said slitswhen the body is rolled into a frusto-cone.

ALBERT GARFIELD DAVIS.

